Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Germany
Berta Martín López
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,412
27,852
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Joern Fischer
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,976
17,406
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Jan Hanspach
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,431
5,067
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Jacqueline Loos
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
3,512
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Andreas Fichtner
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Fuctioning
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecology
Plant interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,020
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Benjamin M Delory
Functional ecology
Chemical ecology
Plant-soil interactions
Biodiversity
Global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,054
927
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Heike Zimmermann
Invasion Biology
Ecology
Botany
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
561
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Stefan Ortiz|Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka
ecological economics
agroecology
political ecology
biocultural diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
130
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Estève Boutaud
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Conservation
Taxonomy
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
218
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,773
Germany
680
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Berta Martín López
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,412
27,852
0.744
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,565
Germany
763
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joern Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,976
17,406
0.498
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,205
Germany
5,114
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan Hanspach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,431
5,067
0.601
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,863
Germany
9,538
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jacqueline Loos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
3,512
0.829
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,586
Germany
14,211
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andreas Fichtner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,020
0.828
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Fuctioning
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecology
Plant interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
659,489
Germany
22,689
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Benjamin M Delory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,054
927
0.880
Functional ecology
Chemical ecology
Plant-soil interactions
Biodiversity
Global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,551
Germany
26,152
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Heike Zimmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
561
0.740
Invasion Biology
Ecology
Botany
Sustainability Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,076,397
Germany
36,461
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefan Ortiz|Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
130
0.387
ecological economics
agroecology
political ecology
biocultural diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,218,914
Germany
41,609
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Estève Boutaud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
218
0.920
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Conservation
Taxonomy
Ecology